At some point in your life, you may have faced this unhealthy habit, or something close to it. Worrying obsessively or stuck in a thought cycle to the point where it affects everything around you.
Today we will begin by defining rumination, and look at ways in which we can stop ruminating when: To counteract these behaviors, we’ll explore some useful techniques, of which the most effective is mindful thinking exercises, meditation, and self-compassion.
This article contains: Various definitions of rumination have been put forward. For example, Mandall, Siegle, Shutt, Feldmiller, and Thase define rumination as the “tendency to engage in sustained, repetitive thinking about negative topics” (Mandell et al., 2014, p.
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